Pilonidal sinus: Experience with the Limberg flap

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-33

  Tekin, A ^a,b  

^a MERSIN STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Sakarya Cad   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Limberg flap; Pilonidal sinus; Radical cure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006553495     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.1999.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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